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cindys732003
08-31-2009, 12:26 PM
I'm so excited to be hosting my first Mixed Bag Monday Challenge!
One of my favorite parts of doing a layout is the titlework. I always leave it until last when I am doing a layout so I can pick the perfect place to put it. I also like to add interest to the title by mixing up the alphas, breaking it up over the page, using wordstrips for fillers in the title and also trying to find other things to use for letters rather than just alphas.....and that is your challenge for today....

Get Creative with your Letters!

Here are some examples that I found browsing the internet to give you and idea of what I mean:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/cindys732003/logo2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/cindys732003/logo1.jpg

Some of my favorites are using the sideways "2" in TWINS and the swirls for the "f"'s in coffee.
Feel free to use one of the above examples for inspiration, or try to think of something ultra-creative on your own. Also try to think of something that relates well to your word.

Here is what I came up with:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/cindys732003/beautyinbloomweb.jpg
Click HERE (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6836&nocache=1) for full credits.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Create a layout according to the challenge prompt.
2. Use a significant amount of Peppermint Creative product.
3. Post your page in the Main Gallery (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/forum/../gallery/showgallery.php?cat=3) & link to it in this thread.
4. Pages must be posted by midnight on Sunday September 6th (EST).
5. Winner announced on Monday (selected by challenge hostess).
6. Winner recieves one Minty Buck ($1GC to the PC store)
7. One page per challenge please.

Hope you all have fun with this challenge, can't wait to see what you come up with!

RhiG122
08-31-2009, 01:58 PM
oh this is going to be fun! i have fun making logos for other people so maybe i can come up with something for a scrappy lo!

shasta.hun
08-31-2009, 03:40 PM
This sounds like a lot of fun! I'm definitely going to think about this for a while!!

jdrain86
08-31-2009, 05:11 PM
This challenge is going to be soooo fun! I love creative title work! Too bad I have homework tonight, or I'd get right on creating my page! Guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow (or finish my hw really fast tonight! hehe!).

MissMint
08-31-2009, 09:08 PM
What an awesome challenge and I LOVE your example.
WOW those sample logos are SO clever! i'm in awe!!

RhiG122
09-01-2009, 02:51 AM
my great grand mothers 88 birthday was on sunday so i played with the 88 title.

http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/mbm-eighty8.jpg.com

are we allowed to make more than one for this? i have something else i would like to add hehe!

MissMint
09-01-2009, 11:31 AM
you're only supposed to officially enter one page but by means you can make as many as you want and enter your favorite!!

shutterspeed
09-01-2009, 11:46 AM
this is such a FUN & creative challenge!! i too love your example layout. and how you used the flowers for the O's in Bloom! i like layouts with fun & interesting title work! :)

reese
09-01-2009, 05:56 PM
This was the perfect solution for a page I was already working on. Thanks for the great idea...I probably never would have thought of it.

Here is my page:
http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6847

MissMint
09-01-2009, 11:26 PM
oooh GENIUS Reese - That is PERFECT!! Great page!

KirstieGai
09-02-2009, 12:49 AM
fun, fun, fun

birgit
09-03-2009, 06:11 PM
here's mine! i did it twice- the moment i was finished and only wanted to CLOSE it my programme shut down... and i didn't even care because i had just saved it... well - i couldn't open it anymore!!!!! :furious:

anyway... here is my little king of the road!

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/6553/lkgs.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/lkgs.jpg/)

jdrain86
09-03-2009, 07:42 PM
Great job everyone! Your title work is awesome! Here's my attempt!

http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/orange_copy2.jpg (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/forum/../gallery/data/3/orange_copy2.jpg)

http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/orange_copy2.jpg

glumirk
09-03-2009, 11:47 PM
Hooray! I had time to scrap today!


Play Cool

http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/045playcool.jpg (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6864)

MissMint
09-04-2009, 11:55 AM
WOW Ladies you really ROCKIN' this one!!

Mommy2Talesia
09-04-2009, 08:01 PM
Great idea for the challenge this time, love the examples Cindy!

RhiG122
09-06-2009, 04:35 PM
Here is one more I made. Not an entry...just one I wanted to share.

Enough Love
http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/mbm-enoughlove.jpg

cindys732003
09-07-2009, 01:58 PM
Wow, great pages everyone!! Loved seeing what you all came up with for this challenge!

It was hard to choose, but the winner is Reese with her Hoopfest (http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=6847) page

http://www.peppermintcreative.com/gallery/data/3/hoopfest_1.jpg

I love how she used the basketballs for the O's.....especially since she got ultra-creative and made them herself!
Congrats!!:yay:

Thanks for playing along everyone!! :)

MissMint
09-08-2009, 01:30 AM
Great pages everyone and CONGRATS Reese!!!
It must have been hard to narrow it down this week - so many FAB entries!

reese
09-08-2009, 01:12 PM
Thanks so much. I feel honored!